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Financial support to farmers is not “dole” but mark of respect for ‘anna d
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The scheme to give financial support to marginal farmers is “not a dole” or “charity” but a mark of “respect” for the agriculturists who feed the nation, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, hours after making th
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Budget progressive, gives bigger picture of India's development growth: Am
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Terming the interim budget as progressive and positive, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday said the government's "pathbreaking" budget has provided a narrative of India's continued development growth.
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Interim Budget: Not something new in India
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Interim Budget, which Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday, is not something new in India’s parliamentary governance. Goyal, who got the charge of Finance Ministry only recently after Union Minister Arun Jaitley went
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The only thing this government knows about jobs is ‘Pakodanomics’: Chidamb
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday asked why there was no mention of the words education and jobs in the Interim Budget speech of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and said the only thing the NDA government knows about jobs is ‘Pakodanomics’.
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Interim Budget beneficial for every one, says Ramdev
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Yog guru Ramdev on Friday said the Interim Budget was "beneficial" for every section and since it was an election year it would be termed a "political budget".
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Working on digital IT refund generation in 24hrs: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the Centre is working on a method to ensure digital generation of income tax refund within 24 hours from the time of filing for returns.
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Top 20 highlights of Budget 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Following are the highlights of the budget
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Budget not a vote on account, but an account for votes: Chidambaram n Inte
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday described the Interim Budget 2019-2020 presented by Union Minister Piyush Goyal as “not a vote on account, but an account for votes".
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Budget 2019: Disinvestment target pegged at Rs 90,000 crore for 2019-20
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Central government has pegged the disinvestment target at Rs 90,000 crore in the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2019-20 fiscal as compared to Rs 80,000 crore for the current financial year ending March this year.
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Defence forces get 7% hike in budget
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Defence budget for the first time touched the figure of Rs 3.05 crore as the government hiked it by Rs 19,873 crore from last year's allocation of Rs 2,85,423 crore, the government said today.
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Shah takes potshot at Congress’ farm loan waiver, says govt's Kisan Samman
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 01 (ANI): Aiming a thinly-veiled jibe at the Congress over their farm-loan waivers, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi is a more long-term solution for farmers’ plights and will play a big role in doubling their i
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Interim Budget: Income Tax exemption raised to Rs 5 lakh, financial suppor
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government on Friday raised the Individual Income Tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh per annum and announced a major financial support scheme for the farmers as well as a pension scheme for the unorganised sector as it presented a ‘feel-good’ interim Budget
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